Fire Service issues statement on Chester Road car fire at The Broadway

The Fire brigade was deployed after a car caught fire on Chester Road near the Broadway on Tuesday.

A Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We can confirm that yesterday evening (Tuesday 29th October), one appliance attended a vehicle fire on Holborn Road.


“An emergency call was received at 18:26, reporting the fire.


“A crew, dispatched from Farrington Community Fire Station, was in attendance at 18:30 and the fire was extinguished a short time later.”


“No one is believed to have been injured in the incident”.